The law case of the century: Indictment against NATO military and political leaders
Christopher C. Black
November 18, 2011The law case of the century: Indictment against NATO military and political leaders (UPDATED)
NATO: Indictment for breach of international law in the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The military and political leaders of NATO are hereby accused of the following crimes committed in the Libyan campaign of 2011, in which the systematic breaches of international law are underlined.
Understanding that international law exists and that it is systematically broken by certain powers with impunity, understanding that such a situation is unacceptable and that the same set of laws should apply to all, equally, with the same sets of weights and measures employed in upholding it, I hereby accuse NATO and the below-mentioned individuals, party to its acts in ...
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The Question of Separatism by Jane Jacobs
Five years after her death, a new enriched edition of Jane Jacobs' third book with an exclusive 2005 interview; available April 1, 2011
The incomparable Jane Jacobs passed away five years ago on April 25, 2006. Baraka Books proudly offers readers a new edition of her third, least-known book to mark that anniversary. Undeniably a genius on urban issues, Jane Jacobs also grappled with the question of nations and political sovereignty but nobody wanted to hear what she had to say. Out of print since the mid 80s, The Question of Separatism, Quebec and the struggle over sovereignty now includes a new preface and an exclusive and previously unpublished 2005 interview conducted in Jane Jacobs' Toronto home just a year before she died. Random House first published the book in 1980.
Nagging questions remain five years after her death? Why has the work of a leading thinker on the unfolding story of nations received so little attention? Why is the only book she wrote about her adopted country, The Question of Separatism, never discussed? Why, unlike her other six books, was it out of print for 25 years? How can 35 experts put together a 400-page anthology, What we see, Advancing the observations of Jane Jacobs (2010), without mentioning the book?
Jacobs answered these questions in part in an interview she granted me in 2005. She pointedly broke with her no-interview policy because this interview was to focus on her book The Question of Separatism, 25 years after it appeared and ten years after the 1995 Quebec referendum on sovereignty.
Asked if the media ever talked to her about her book on separatism, Jacobs replied, "No. Practically never! You’re the first." Explaining the silence she added: "Don't want to think about it… or engage in talking pros and cons and why people feel this way. It’s an unwelcome subject (...) It was fear that there would be no more identity for Canada, that it would disintegrate if Quebec were to separate. It was foolish because there are so many examples of separatism, and nothing has disintegrated, unless they went to war. There were over thirty of these cases in very recent times since the issue of Quebec was raised in 1980."...
The Question of Separatism by Jane Jacobs is available at Baraka Books
Letter: Killing Ghaddafi - Injustice must be seen to be done. (imperial proverb)
Commentator
October 24, 2011"I tremble for the fate of my country when I consider that God is just." Thomas Jefferson
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary C. was in Tripoli and asked for the head of Ghadaffi. Two days later his captors shot dead the wounded man. It was a moment of grisly unity as the Born Again West used "predator drones" to enable Islamic mad-hats to pounce on Ghadaffi. At last he was punished for making Libya a prosperous country with education and medical care for all. From here on Libya is to be a managed free-enterprise "democracy."
For Lady Clinton, Ghaddafi's macabre death was an important opportunity for image management. It was no accident that we were provided with her "reaction" shot. Hillary's image had been earlier tarnished when the White House released the on ...
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Shocking: Confession of downing of Habyarimana's plane-Rudasingwa
Theogene Rudasingwa
October 02, 2011On August 4, 1993, in Arusha, Tanzania, the Government of Rwanda and the Rwandese Patriotic Front signed the Arusha Peace Agreement. The provisions of the agreement included a commitment to principles of the rule of law, democracy, national unity, pluralism, the respect of fundamental freedoms and the rights of the individual. The agreement further had provisions on power-sharing, formation of one and singles National Army and a new National Gendarmerie from forces of the two warring parties; and a definitive solution to the problem of Rwandan refugees.
On April 6, 1994, at 8:25 p.m., the Falcon 50 jet of the President of the Republic of Rwanda, registration number “9XR-NN”, on its return from a summit meeting in DAR-ES-SALAAM,Tanzania, as it was on approach to Kanombe Interna ...
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"Odyssey Dawn" heads toward Syria/Iran
Correspondent
September 16, 2011The headlines tell us, Sarkozy and Cameron survey Libya. That would be the "We broke it, we bought it" tour.
Proving domestic policy is foreign policy the mini-titans of France and England did a walkabout in the Tripoli they had thoroughly bombed. At home they beat up blacks and Arabs and abroad they do the same. Hired help in the form of the NTC (NATO Transition Council) auditioned as "rebels" and democrats. It was a team effort. Even the newly named "Royal Canadian" air force blew up some offending infrastructure. "All dogs bite the bitten dog" goes the proverb.
Of course Sirte and a few other spots have not yet been captured. The NTC apparently intends to maintain its perfect record of not winning a single battle without NATO air, sea and missile support. ...
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